In the late sixties and early seventies, many car companies were enamored with the power density of Wankel rotary engines, including NSU, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz and General Motors. GM ultimately ...

The Wankel rotary engine is one of the most unique and innovative engine designs ever created. Unlike the conventional piston engine that relies on reciprocating motion, the Wankel rotary engine ...

This star happens to be the Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star, for it is the Wankel engine for their revolutionary C 111 gull-winged sports coupe which has attracted our interest.

One of the rotary engine's biggest champions, AIE has been advancing rotary design since 2012. Its latest release shows that Wankel engines can be a perfect fit for compact, power-demanding ...

Like many of our readers, I have an unhealthy fascination with rotary and other non-reciprocating piston engines. In fact, that very first sentence right there probably alienated most of our saner ...

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The Wankel rotary engine is known for its troubled life in the mainstream automotive industry, its high power-to-weight ratio, and the intoxicating buzz it makes at full tilt.

Watch a video of this 1400-hp 15.7-liter 12-rotor Wankel motor that a powerboat racer constructed in his garage.

The rotary engine is still spinning at Mazda. The automaker ceased production of its Wankel motors in 2012, but Mazda president Masamichi Kogai told Autocar that he still has a team working ...